Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of upper cervical vertebrae anomalies in patients with isolated cleft lip, isolated cleft palate, and complete cleft lip and palate, as well as to compare the prevalence of these anomalies between groups, between genders, and with noncleft patients. Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study of randomly selected patients. Setting: Radiology Section, Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies and Department of Orthodontics, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Participants: The sample comprised 300 lateral cephalograms of cleft patients, aged 12 to 13 years, of both genders, from the files of the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies–University of São Paulo and 300 lateral cephalograms from noncleft patients of the Department of Orthodontics, Bauru School of Dentistry. Cephalograms of patients with syndromes were not included. Method: Radiographs were interpreted on a film viewer by a single examiner; the profiles of vertebrae were traced on acetate paper, and cervical vertebrae anomalies were registered and categorized into posterior arch deficiencies, fusion, and association of both. Main Outcome Measures: Statistical comparison of groups using the chi-square test. Results: In the cleft group, 38.67% of the patients had cervical vertebrae anomalies. Of those in the noncleft sample, 31% showed anomalies of the cervical spine. This difference was statistically significant. There was no statistically significant difference when the types of clefts were compared with each other or when both genders were compared in both samples. Conclusions: This study confirms the association between clefts and cervical anomalies. Additional research on this topic is necessary.
ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to compare the skeletal, dental and soft tissue
characteristics of Caucasian and Afro-Caucasian Brazilian subjects with normal
occlusion and to evaluate sexual dimorphism within the groups.Material and MethodsThe sample comprised lateral cephalograms of untreated normal occlusion subjects,
divided into 2 groups. Group 1 included 40 Caucasian subjects (20 of each sex),
with a mean age of 13.02 years; group 2 included 40 Afro-Caucasian subjects (20 of
each sex), with a mean age of 13.02 years. Groups 1 and 2 and males and females
within each group were compared with t tests.ResultsAfro-Caucasian subjects presented greater maxillary protrusion, smaller upper
anterior face height and lower posterior face height, larger upper posterior face
height, greater maxillary and mandibular dentoalveolar protrusion as well as soft
tissue protrusion than Caucasian subjects. The Afro-Caucasian female subjects had
less mandibular protrusion and smaller total posterior facial height and upper
posterior facial height than males.ConclusionsBrazilian Afro-Caucasian subjects have greater dentoalveolar and soft tissue
protrusion than Brazilian Caucasian subjects, with slight sexual dimorphism in
some variables.
The significant increase in esthetic surgery, especially buccal fat pad reduction, has led to a corresponding increase in lesions and postoperatory after-effects from this surgical procedure. The aim of this study is to discuss the immediate and mediate risks of removing the Bichat ball, as well as describing a clinical study in which this surgical procedure resulted in lesions of the parotid gland and buccal artery, which was confirmed via nuclear magnetic resonance. The facial lesions were remedied via exploratory surgery by opening a new orifice of the glandular duct in the buccal cavity followed by drainage and compressive surgical bandages.
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